The Mindset of Managing Performance
According to Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., in her recent book Mindset, an individual with a Fixed Mindset struggles with failure and, to a degree, anything that presents a challenge and/or possibility of failure. Conversely, an individual with a Growth Mindset tends to enjoy a challenge because they love learning and understand that any failure is the pathway to improvement and ultimately, growth.
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Last week I received a call from prospective client who was struggling with a high staff turnover. He pleaded with me to help him stem the outflow. He is a small manufacturer that sells his products largely through distributors. I arranged to visit his offices in the Eastern suburbs the next day.
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It is sometimes uncomfortable to step back and reflect on the environment you create as a leader, however it is essential to understand your impact because people experience you from your behaviour and actions, not what you intend to say, think and feel.
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Last week, 300 odd recruiters converged on Port Douglas for the RCSA 2011 International Conference. Earlier this week, I shared the top three insights that I gleaned from the conference. In today’s post, I’d like to share my observations on the recruitment industry at large, and the role the RCSA has to play...
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Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the 2011 RCSA International Conference in Port Douglas. This year's theme was innovation, and there were number of excellent world class speakers on the topic...
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This Monday just gone, I found myself at my desk with no meetings planned for the week. I know the recruitment matrix well and I understand what activity creates a bustling desk of placements. However, when dealing at CEO level, things happen and meetings fall by the wayside. The pipeline dries up!
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